PRESTON BOARD AND PACKAGING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
-28.8% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£12m
+4.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
139
-26.1% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£659k
-79.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,427,000 | £43,242,000 | £58,697,000 | £43,157,000 | £38,121,000 | £29,184,000 | -23.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,618,000 | £1,590,000 | £3,721,000 | £3,071,000 | £3,215,000 | £672,000 | -79.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,612,000 | £1,584,000 | £3,713,000 | £3,082,000 | £3,245,000 | £659,000 | -79.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,108,000 | £948,000 | £2,988,000 | £2,266,000 | £2,420,000 | £1,045,000 | -56.8% | |
| Cash | £4,317,000 | £3,965,000 | £3,347,000 | £6,208,000 | £1,953,000 | £1,390,000 | -28.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,094,000 | £10,377,000 | £10,811,000 | £10,989,000 | £12,462,000 | £12,460,000 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £9,141,000 | £9,089,000 | £9,577,000 | £9,843,000 | £11,263,000 | £11,773,000 | +4.5% | |
| Equity | £9,141,000 | £9,089,000 | £9,577,000 | £9,843,000 | £11,263,000 | £11,773,000 | +4.5% | |
| Average employees | 189 | 192 | 216 | 197 | 188 | 139 | -26.1% | |
| Wages | £5,467,000 | £6,080,000 | £7,481,000 | £6,683,000 | £6,907,000 | £6,496,000 | -6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 3.7% | 6.3% | 7.1% | 8.4% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 2.2% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.9% | 15.3% | 34.4% | 27.9% | 25.8% | 5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.8% | 62.0% | 63.8% | 57.6% | 45.7% | 35.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.50x | 1.81x | 2.58x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 51.69x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PRESTON BOARD AND PACKAGING LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- PRESTON PACKAGING LIMITED 1981-06-12 → 1981-12-31
- PAGEGRANGE LIMITED 1981-06-12 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' use of the going concern basis is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2025, Preston Board and Packaging Limited transferred the trade and assets of the Preston branch of the company to PBP 24 Limited, a fellow group subsidiary.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INGHAM, Charles Richard | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | — | — |
| HARDMAN, David John | Director | — | Dec 1945 | British |
| HARDMAN, Nicholas David | Director | 2017-01-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| HARDMAN, Richard Charles Gordon | Director | 2020-12-08 | Oct 1982 | British |
| INGHAM, Charles Richard | Director | 2017-01-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
| INGHAM, Charles Stuart | Director | — | Jan 1950 | British |
| INGHAM, Christopher James | Director | 2017-01-01 | Oct 1976 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INGHAM, Charles Stuart | Secretary | — | 2017-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marblegrange Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-04 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2019-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.